The Bagby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,542 people carried this name — #6,174 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,584 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bagby surname

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bagby» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Bagby in American newspapers,
1910–1911.

Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Bagby
The Hattiesburg News 1911-03-31
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Bagby
The Hattiesburg News 1910-08-31
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Bagby
The Hattiesburg News 1911-06-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,789 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bagby in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bagby. The most, 27, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 66
Queensland 17
Victoria 13
Tasmania 12
South Australia 9
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bagby.

Who carried it

People named Bagby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur P. Bagby
    Arthur P. Bagby 1794–1858 · lawyer
  • John C. Bagby
    John C. Bagby 1819–1896 · judge
  • Arthur P. Bagby, Jr.
    Arthur P. Bagby, Jr. 1833–1921 · military officer
  • Edward Benjamin Bagby
    Edward Benjamin Bagby 1865–1921
  • Nan Bagby Stephens
    Nan Bagby Stephens 1883–1946 · writer
  • Philip Haxall Bagby 1882–1926

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bagby,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States381 records

381 records of the Bagby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 222
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 111
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Moten A. Bagby

    Born 1912 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Bagby

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the City of Paris from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; forge man. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Harvey Bagby

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1995; buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 381 records for Bagby in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Bagby name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Bagby

    Died in service in 1946.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Bagby name in New Zealand Marlborough District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Walter Scott Bagby

    Died 1917, aged 55; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Bagby name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roger Thomas Bagby

    Born 1932 in Great Britain; died 1995 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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